Shadow proofing garment



J y 7, 1934. o. A. JOHNSTON 1,966,861

SHADOW PROOFING GARMENT Filed May 4, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Patented July 17, 1934 SHADOW PROOFING GARMENT Qlive A. Johnston, Enid, Okla.

Application May 4, 1933,Serial No. 669,397

2 Claims.

This invention relates to womens garments and particularly to garments in the nature of slips, though not constructed in the same manner as the ordinary slip, which is designed to act as a shadow-proofing garment, that is, to be worn under light apparel and which will act to obscure the View without the necessity of the wearer wearing an extra skirt or panel in the slip for this purpose.

A further object is to provide a garment of this character which is light and cool and which at the same time will entirely prevent the passage of light between the legs of the wearer.

A further object is to provide a garment of this character having a fitted yoke which constitutes a waist portion and which is preferably of net and which eliminates extra bulk around the waist line, the garment being further provided with fitted hips which hold the front and rear panels firmly in place and to provide in connection with a shadow-proofing garment of this kind a pair of step-ins.

My garment is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, Wherein:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of one form of my improved garment showing the upper portion of the garment and with the garment opened;

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the garment in place and looking toward the right hand side of the garment;

Figure 3 is a like view to Figure 2 but looking toward the left hand side of the garment;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary elevation of the garment provided with step-ins, the garment being opened;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the modified form of garment partly broken away and looking toward the front;

Figure 6 is a perspective view looking toward the rear of the garment shown in Figure 4.

Referring to these drawings and particularly to Figures 1 and 2, it will be seen that the garment consists of two panels 10 and 11, the front panel being designated 10. These panels are attached at their upper ends to a waist portion 12 which is preferably of net. This yoke or waist portion 12 is preferably formed of two pieces stitched to each other at 13 so that the waist portion is closed at one end and at the other is open, the waist portion at its open end being provided upon its front with button holes 14 and upon its back with buttons 15. This yoke or waist portion 12 extends downward in front at the middle of the front panel 10 and is stitched to this front panel at 16 while the rear portion of the yoke extends practically straight across but with a slight curve and is stitched to the rear panel at 16. Preferably, the edges of this yoke or waist portion 12 9,. are reinforced with silk binding at 17.

The portion 12, as before remarked, is designed to fit snugly around the waist with the panels 10 and 11 extending downward the length of an ordinary skirt. For engaging over the 5 hips, I provide the front panel having lateral margins with the triangular flaps 18' which are preferably made of net and the rear panel with triangular flaps 18 also made of net and which are longer than the flaps 18. The flaps 18 are 7 provided with buttons 19, while the flaps 18 are formed with corresponding button holes 20. The net flaps are bound around the edges with sink binding 21. This garment, when worn, provides a very light, airy and shadow-proof 7 garment which fits snugly around the waist and snugly around the hips by reason of the manner in which the triangular flaps 1S and 18' are cut so as to fit over the hips.

In view of the fact that the waist portion 12 is of net and the hip flaps 18 and 18' are of net, there will be no extra bulk about the waist line or over the hips and at the same time the net makes this portion of the garment cool and light. The panels 10 and 11 are separated from 5, each other throughout their entire extent so that there is plenty of ventilation and this adds to the coolness of the garment.

In Figures 4, 5 and 6, I illustrate a garment of the same character as previously described. 9 .v There are the front and rear panels 10 and 11 and there is the fitted yoke or waist portion 12 made substantially as heretofore described.

The difference between the garment shown in Figure l and that shown in Figure 4, however, 95v is that a pair of step-ins is provided designated generally 22. These are made preferably of four pieces of net folded over and stitched to each other along the lines 23 and 23 to provide two leg portions and the crotch portion as usual. 1 The lateral portions of the front and rear of the step-ins are extended to form the triangular flaps 17a and 18a having the same form as the flaps 18 and 18 and buttoning to each other. The upper ends of the front and rear portions of the step-ins are stitched to the upper margins of the front and rear panels at the junction of the waist portion 12 therewith by the stitches 16.

In both forms of my garment, there are tri- 119,

angular flaps which are attached to a greater or less extent to the front and rear panels and the net used is preferably a double thickness of net, thus adding considerably to the strength without detracting from the lightness and dryness of the waist and hip portions. Preferably, though not necessarily, the panels 10 and 11 will be of silk. Preferably the seams are overpast.

downward from the waist portion and separated from each other for their entire length, each skirt panel on each side just below the waist portion having triangular flaps of net attached thereto formed to fit over the hips and to button to each other.

2. A garment of the character described, comprising a form fitting waist portion of net, front and rear skirt panels of substantially opaque material less in width than the front and rear of the waist portion and extending down from the waist portion and separated from each other for their entire length, and a step-in of net between the front and rear panels and extending downward from the waist portion, the lateral margins of the front and rear breadths of the step-ins being extended to form triangular flaps buttoned to each other, the upper portion of each triangular flap being attached to the side edges of the respective panels.

CLIVE A. JOHNSTON. 

